Kimberley Crossman

Kimberley Frances Crossman (born 1990) is a New Zealand actress, author, presenter, producer, writer, director, dancer, stand-up comedian and cheerleader who is best known for her role as Sophie McKay on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street.

Crossman began dancing at age 3, which was encouraged by her mother Jill Arkley who is a ballet teacher.

She was captain of the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team in 2005 when they toured the United States and came 6th in the World cheerleading championships.

In 2006 she was Deputy Head Girl at Diocesan School for Girls in Epsom, Auckland.

In 2006 she danced at the Royal New Zealand Ballet's season of Giselle.

In October 2006, fans on Shortland Street fansite StreetTalk voted Crossman as Best rising star, and runner up for Hottest female.

Walsh is best known for starring in an iconic 2006 Tip Top commercial.

The couple became engaged in September 2023 while vacationing in Italy.

In November 2023, Crossman suffered a miscarriage.

In January 2007, she started her role as Sophie McKay on New Zealand's best known and longest running show Shortland Street.

In 2008, Crossman was part of 'Dziah 2 Dream', a 10-week program run by Dziah.

In March 2008, she travelled around the United States of America with the Total Cheerleading Senior Elite team and competed in the World cheerleading championships.

She trained all year round and competed in America and Australia, as well as a few New Zealand competitions.

In early 2008 the TCSE team took out the Down Under Spirit Championships in the Gold coast.

In 2008, Crossman featured as Kerry Post in Beyond Belief, a short film in the 2008 48HOURS filmmaking competition, which was made by her former Shortland Street co-star Johnny Barker and also featured another of her fellow Shortland Street co-stars, Will Hall (aka Dr. Kip Denton).

She has also featured in the special Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards programme in New Zealand.

The next project is to compete at the World Championship in 2009 in Florida.

Crossman was a presenter on The Erin Simpson Show, beginning in 2009.

In 2010 Crossman travelled to Los Angeles to host a half-hour special for New Zealand audiences about the 2010 Teen Choice Awards.

In March 2011 Crossman left Shortland Street and will be starting a new project early May as well as auditioning in America and Australia.

Crossman was voted New Zealand's "next big thing" by fans in a local poll run in conjunction with the 2011 MTV Movie Awards.

She has also worked as a fill-in host on New Zealand radio station Classic Hits, periodically co-hosting the Auckland breakfast show with Jason Reeves and Justin Brown whilst usual host Stacey Morrison was on maternity leave in 2012.

The Erin Simpson Show concluded in 2013 after a five-year run.

Crossman stars as Stacey on the TV2 show Step Dave which launched on TV2 on 11 February 2014.

She co-starred with Kate Elliott in the horror Heavy metal comedy film Deathgasm and is currently appearing in the TV3 sketch comedy Funny Girls.

Crossman is a co-presenter on Cadbury Dream Factory which first aired in New Zealand on TV3 on 20 February 2014 alongside Brooke Howard-Smith, Guy Montgomery, Walter Neilands and Jesse Griffin.

Crossman is one of the rotating cast of hosts of the live trivia app Joyride.

Crossman began dating cameraman Tom Walsh in 2022 after meeting on the set of Snack Masters.

In October 2018, Crossman was announced to co-star in The Middle spin-off, Sue Sue in the City, however development of the series was cancelled the next month.